No zombies here: motions to postpone indefinitely are silver bullets
17 Jul 2023
‘Postpone indefinitely’ is, as it turns out, a euphemism for ‘kill’.
June: back to normal non-teaching term, writing paper after paper
1 Jul 2023
A quieter month all around. Short visit to Gold Coast for Australian nationals, and just working on papers.
Atene Skyline Track, June 17, 2023
28 Jun 2023
Atene Skyline day hike in Whanganui National Park. A bit faster than predicted time. Well-formed if somewhat steep track. Excellent undercast views. Also, Bushy Park near Whanganui.
Graduate Students
23 Jun 2023
I’m always looking for excellent, motivated students who are interested in program analysis.
Current Students
- Alex LeBlanc (PhD, Winter 2024 -)
- Laurian Angelescu (MASc, Fall 2019 -)
Past Students
- Vinayak Sharma (MASc, Spring 2025)
- Mohammad Mahdi Abdollahpour (MMath, Fall 2024)
- Mohammad Robati Shirzad (MASc, Spring 2023)
- Sruthi Venkatanarayanan (MMath, Fall 2022)
- Ali Iman (MASc, Spring 2021)
- Qian Liang (MASc, Spring 2021)
- Jon Eyolfson (PhD 2018)
- Stephen Li (MMath 2018)
- Jun Zhao (MASc 2018)
- Zeming Liu (MMath 2018)
- Felix Fang (MASc 2014)
- Wenzhu Man (MASc 2014)
- Gaurav Jain (MASc 2013)
- Divam Jain (co-supervised with Reid Holmes) (MMath 2013)
- Jeff Zarnett (co-supervised with Mahesh Tripunitara) (MASc 2010)
- Aakarsh Nair (MASc 2010)
- Hang Chu (MASc 2010)
May: another big month
14 Jun 2023
Much travel, especially on the West Coast of North America. Really did finish teaching.
West Coast Adventures: Thanks friends! May 2023
12 Jun 2023
All over the West Coast of North America: Eastern Sierras, Seattle, Vancouver (and Squamish), and Nelson. Both work and life, too: gave a talk at UBC and UW, and did a bunch of skiing and hiking. Also bike commuting.
Book Review: We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada by Toula Drimonis
31 May 2023
Toula Drimonis writes about immigrants and allophones (non-English, non-French mother tongue) in modern Quebec society, talking about integration of immigrants and how broader society evolves in response. Her story, as the daughter of Greek immigrants, overlaps with mine in some ways.
Book review: Before the Dawn by Tōson Shimazaki
18 May 2023
A review of the Great Japanese Novel, which describes the life of village chief Aoyama Hanzō along a main highway through the opening of Japan to the world and the Meiji Restoration. Kind of the anti-It’s-a-Wonderful-World as he realizes that his efforts didn’t bear much fruit.
April: finally done with Winter term
8 May 2023
Whew! Finished teaching for Spring term. Western Newfoundland; around Montreal; and Brampton. Home repair.
Western Newfoundland, April 6-9, 2023
7 May 2023
Marble Mountain, arguably better than Tremblant; unarguably fewer lines. Gros Morne in the winter.
